Stress Urinary Incontinence: Relative Importance of Urethral Support and Urethral Closure Pressure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2286-2290

  DeLancey, John O L ^b   Trowbridge, Elisa R ^b   Miller, Janis M ^a,b   Morgan, Daniel M ^b   Guire, Kenneth ^a   Fenner, Dee E ^b   Weadock, William J ^b   Ashton Miller, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

female; pelvic floor; urethra; urinary incontinence, stress; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BODY MASS; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PARITY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 43049132129     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.098     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Lukacz E.S., Lawrence J.M., Contreras R., Nager C.W., and Luber K.M. Parity, mode of delivery, and pelvic floor disorders. Obstet Gynecol 107 (2006) 1253
2. Wilson L., Brown J.S., Shin G.P., Luc K.O., and Subak L.L. Annual direct cost of urinary incontinence. Obstet Gynecol 98 (2001) 398
3. Hannestad Y.S., Rortveit G., Sandvik H., and Hunskaar S. Epidemiology of incontinence in the county of Nord-Trondelag. A community-based epidemiological survey of female urinary incontinence: the Norwegian EPINCONT study. J Clin Epidemiol 53 (2000) 1150
4. Ward K.L., and Hilton P. A prospective multicenter randomized trial of tension-free vaginal tape and colposuspension for primary urodynamic stress incontinence: two-year follow-up. UK and Ireland TVT Trial Group. Am J Obstet Gynecol 190 (2004) 324
5. Bai S.W., Kang J.Y., Rha K.H., Lee M.S., Kim J.Y., and Park K.H. Relationship of urodynamic parameters and obesity in women with stress urinary incontinence. J Reprod Med 47 (2002) 559
6. Dietz H.P., Clarke B., and Herbison P. Bladder neck mobility and urethral closure pressure as predictors of genuine stress incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 13 (2002) 289
7. Schick E., Dupont C., Bertrand P.E., Jolivet-Tremblay M., and Tessier J. Predictive value of maximum urethral closure pressure, urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of clinically significant female genuine stress incontinence. J Urol 171 (2004) 1871
8. Tapp K., Connolly A., and Visco A.G. Evaluation of Aa point and cotton-tipped swab test as predictors of urodynamic stress incontinence. Obstet Gynecol 105 (2005) 115
9. Bump R.C., Mattiasson A., Bo K., Brubaker L.P., DeLancey J.O., Klarskov P., et al. The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 175 (1996) 10
10. Morgan D.M., Kaur G., Hsu Y., Fenner D.E., Guire K., Miller J.M., et al. Does vaginal closure force differ in the supine and standing positions?. Am J Obstet Gynecol 192 (2005) 1722
11. DeLancey J.O., Morgan D.M., Fenner D.E., Kearney R., Guire K., Miller J.M., et al. Comparison of levator ani muscle defects and function in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet Gynecol 109 (2007) 295
12. Hilton P., and Stanton S.L. Urethral pressure measurement by microtransducer: the results in symptom-free women and in those with genuine stress incontinence. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 90 (1983) 919
13. Lapitan M.C., Cody D.J., and Grant A.M. Open retropubic colposuspension for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3 (2005) CD002912
14. Koelle D., Windisch J., Doerfler D., Marth C., and Kropshofer S. Effect of tension-free vaginal tape operation on urethral closure function. Urology 67 (2006) 524
15. Minardi D., Piloni V., Amadi A., El Asmar Z., Milanese G., and Muzzonigro G. Correlation between urodynamics and perineal ultrasound in female patients with urinary incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn 26 (2007) 176
16. Rud T. Urethral pressure profile in continent women from childhood to old age. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 59 (1980) 331
17. Perucchini D., DeLancey J.O., Ashton-Miller J.A., Galecki A., and Schaer G.N. Age effects on urethral striated muscle. II. Anatomic location of muscle loss. Am J Obstet Gynecol 186 (2002) 356
18. Ho K.M., Borja M.C., Persson K., Brading A.F., and Andersson K.E. Expression of nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in the human female intramural striated urethral sphincter. J Urol 169 (2003) 2407
19. Brading A.F. Spontaneous activity of lower urinary tract smooth muscles: correlation between ion channels and tissue function. J Physiol 570 (2006) 13
20. DeLancey J.O.L., Miller J.M., Kearney R., Howard D., Reddy P., Umek W., et al. Vaginal birth and de novo stress incontinence; Relative contributions of urethral dysfunction and support loss. Obstet Gynecol 110 (2007) 354